nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
time; hour; period; class
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
planning; project; plan; design
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date
mislabelling of food (e.g. expiry date, country of origin, etc.); food fraud
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
date of manufacture; day of manufacture
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
fifth day of the month; five days
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
perishable foods; perishables
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
had better ...; had better not ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion